Combined cigarette, match, and carton



Sept 2, 1924;. 1,597,263

J. M. SORLIE COMBINED CIGARETTE, MATCII, AND CARTON Filed June 13. 1923 Patented Sept. 2, 1924.v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOHN MISORLIE, OF EAU CLAIRE, WISCONSIN.

COMBINED CIGARETTE, MATCH, AND CARTON.

Application filed June is, 1923. Serial No. 645,077.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. Somme, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eau Claire, in the county of Eau Claire and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Imp'rovements'in Combined Cigarettes, Matches, and Cartons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a-full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. a

This invention relates to an article of manufacture comprising a cigarette or similar tobacco article adapted for smoking. As is well known, cigarettes and cigars are now consumed in large quantities. As it is necessary to light a cigar or cigarette the smoker is frequently inconveniencedby not having a lighting means at hand. It is the custom of most smokers to carry a'box of matches but matches areoften used up andthe smoker finds himself in a place where there are none to be had.

It is an object of this invention, therefore,

to provide a cigarette or cigar having carried thereby and secured therein. a match so that when the same is to be smoked the match will always be at hand.

' -It is more specifically an object of the invention to provide such a cigarette having the stem or shank of the match disposed longitudinally inside of and secured to the cover thereof and having the head of the match projecting from the end of said cover.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will more fully appear from the following description made in connec tion with the accom anying drawings in which like reference characters refer to the same parts throughout the different views, and in which,

Fig. 1 is a view. in side elevation of a the article of the present vertical sectlon;

. shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the device Fig. 3 is a view in elevation partly in section of a cigarette'having a match disposed therein;

' Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 3, as indicated by the arrows and shown on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank for the cover and match secured thereto.

Referring to the drawings, a carton 1 is illustrated which may be of paper, card board or other suitable material and which is shown as of general rectangular form.

The carton has on its bottom surface a strip of roughened material 2 adapted to form a striking surface for matches. This surface 2 may be applied by a separate strip of paper or abrasive material may be placed directly on the. carton by means of an adhesive. A cigarette 3 of common form and having the usual cover or wrapper 4 is shown and a match 5 is illustrated as disposed inthe invention illustrated and as preferred,

the matches are placed on the wrapper blank, as shown in Fig. 5, and secured to the blank by a suitable adhesive. When the wrapper is placed about the tobacco filling the match 5 will be disposed on the inside of the cover, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. While any form of match is contemplated in the invention, safety matches, preferably,

will be used, the stems of which are of paper or other readily combustible material. When safety matches are used the abrasive surface 2 will, of course, be such as to ignite the same. v

The cigarettes will be assembled, as shown in Fig. 3, and packed in the cartons, as shown in Fi 1, and will be sold and distributed in sai cartons, as usual. When the smoker wishes to use a cigarette, he merely withdraws the same from the carton and then while holding the same adjacent its end strikesthe match on the surface 2 of the carton. While the matchjis burning the cigaparticular lighting means at hand; The matches being disposed in the cigarettes do It is thus unnecessary to-carry a' box of matches and unnecessary to have any I not in any way injure or adversely affect the same. It should be noted that the match extends only a short Way throughthe ci "arette and that the cover 4: is completelyfil ed with the tobacco filling for the greater part of'its length.

portions thereof without departingfrom. the

the danger of fire from suc In the use of the cigarette and lighting means herein disclosed, it should be noted that there is no unused portion of a match to be discarded as in the common method of lighting with an ordinary. match. .Many fires are caused by the careless dropping of a. lighted match after usin the same, and

cause is eliminated by the present invention. I

From the above description-it is seen that applicant has provided an'article of manufacture having great utility and constituting a great convenience for smokers. The matches do not add. appreciably to the cost of the cigarettes and can be expeditiously placed therein.

It will, of course, be understood that some changes can be made in the form and arrangement of the arts as .well as the proscope of applicants invention, which, enerally stated, consists in an article capa le of carrying out the objects above enumerated,

such as shown and described and set forth in the appended claims.

i What is claimed is:

I 1. An article of manufacture comprising a substantially cylindrical tobacco article adapted to be smoked, the same having a wrapper and a match having its stem is posed inside of and secured to said-wrapper.

2. An article of manufacture comprising a cigarette having a match disposed therein with the stem of said match extending 1ongitudinally thereof inside of and in contact with the wrapper of said cigarette and secured to said wrapper.

, In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN M. soRmE. 

